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Julie Corliss

Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter

Julie Corliss has been the executive editor of the Harvard Heart Letter since 2013. She also writes for the Harvard Health Letter, Harvard Women’s Health Watch, and Harvard Men’s Health Watch, as well as for Harvard Health Publishing’s flagship website. Julie’s work has been published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, UptoDate, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bulletin, and the Massachusetts Medical Society. Julie is co-author of Break Through Your Set Point: How to Finally Lose the Weight You Want and Keep it Off. Julie earned a BA in biology from Oberlin College and a master’s certificate in science communication from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Posts by Julie Corliss

Cold plunges: Healthy or harmful for your heart? featured image

Heart Health

Cold plunges: Healthy or harmful for your heart?

Break out of your breakfast rut featured image

Heart Health

Break out of your breakfast rut

How well do TV medical dramas portray heart disease? featured image

Heart Health

How well do TV medical dramas portray heart disease?

Eat cheese, if you please featured image

Heart Health

Eat cheese, if you please

New insights about the risks from a

Heart Health

New insights about the risks from a "hole" in the heart

A three-pronged approach to exercise featured image

Exercise and Fitness

A three-pronged approach to exercise

A faster, more accurate way to diagnose heart disease? featured image

Heart Health

A faster, more accurate way to diagnose heart disease?

Telehealth may help maintain healthy blood pressure featured image

Heart Health

Telehealth may help maintain healthy blood pressure

Stopping anti-clotting drugs for afib may raise stroke risk featured image

Heart Health

Stopping anti-clotting drugs for afib may raise stroke risk

Replacing sitting with standing and walking improves cholesterol featured image

Heart Health

Replacing sitting with standing and walking improves cholesterol

Intensive blood pressure control may lower risk of cognitive problems featured image

Heart Health

Intensive blood pressure control may lower risk of cognitive problems

Cigar, pipe, and smokeless tobacco use linked to distinct heart risks featured image

Heart Health

Cigar, pipe, and smokeless tobacco use linked to distinct heart risks

New online tool ranks processed foods featured image

Heart Health

New online tool ranks processed foods

Understanding the different types of

Heart Health

Understanding the different types of "brain attack"

Varicose veins: More than a cosmetic concern featured image

Heart Health

Varicose veins: More than a cosmetic concern

The heartfelt effects of kindness featured image

Heart Health

The heartfelt effects of kindness

Coping with heart disease and arthritis together featured image

Heart Health

Coping with heart disease and arthritis together

The cancer–heart disease connection featured image

Heart Health

The cancer–heart disease connection

Daily dose of dark chocolate linked to lower diabetes risk featured image

Heart Health

Daily dose of dark chocolate linked to lower diabetes risk

Brief bursts of vigorous activity linked to lower heart risks featured image

Heart Health

Brief bursts of vigorous activity linked to lower heart risks

No cognitive effects seen after years of very low LDL cholesterol featured image

Mind & Mood

No cognitive effects seen after years of very low LDL cholesterol

A heart disease trigger that lurks inside bone marrow featured image

Heart Health

A heart disease trigger that lurks inside bone marrow

Shining a light on the diabetes–heart disease connection featured image

Heart Health

Shining a light on the diabetes–heart disease connection

Practical pointers for pickleballers featured image

Heart Health

Practical pointers for pickleballers

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